Diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid anti-myelin basic protein in patients with multiple sclerosis.

abstract：:Very long chain acyl-coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) dehydrogenase (VLCAD) deficiency is a severe disorder of mitochondrial beta-oxidation in infants. We report adult onset of attacks of painful rhabdomyolysis. Gas chromatography identified strongly elevated levels of tetradecenoic acid, 14:1(n-9), tetradecadienoic acid, 14:2(n...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Smelt AH,Poorthuis BJ,Onkenhout W,Scholte HR,Andresen BS,van Duinen SG,Gregersen N,Wintzen AR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A workgroup commissioned by the Alzheimer's Association (AA) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) recently published research criteria for preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD). We performed a preliminary assessment of these guidelines. METHODS:We employed Pittsburgh compound B positron emission tomography...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Jack CR Jr,Knopman DS,Weigand SD,Wiste HJ,Vemuri P,Lowe V,Kantarci K,Gunter JL,Senjem ML,Ivnik RJ,Roberts RO,Rocca WA,Boeve BF,Petersen RC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed muscle biopsy specimens from 48 patients with biochemically proven phosphorylase deficiency (McArdle's disease) by sodium dodecylsulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), immunoblotting, and immunotitration (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]). Thirty-five of the 42 patients studi...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Servidei S,Shanske S,Zeviani M,Lebo R,Fletterick R,DiMauro S

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients aged 4 to 44 years with generalized epilepsy and generalized 3 Hz spike-and-wave activity, were monitored for 24 or 36 hours on one to nine occasions to determine the time distribution of ictal and interictal electroencephalographic discharges and the consistency of the time patterns observed. Two pa...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Kellaway P,Frost JD Jr,Crawley JW

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emotional blunting can be found after cerebellar lesions. However, the mechanism of such a modification is not clear. We present a patient with emotional flattening and increased risk taking after left cerebellar infarct who had an impaired autonomic reactivity to negative as compared with positive reinforcement. This...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Annoni JM,Ptak R,Caldara-Schnetzer AS,Khateb A,Pollermann BZ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cortical spreading depolarizations (CSDs) are intense and ubiquitous depolarization waves relevant for the pathophysiology of migraine and brain injury. CSDs disrupt the blood-brain barrier (BBB), but the mechanisms are unknown. METHODS:A total of six CSDs were evoked over 1 hour by topical application of 30...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Sadeghian H,Lacoste B,Qin T,Toussay X,Rosa R,Oka F,Chung DY,Takizawa T,Gu C,Ayata C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular, evidence-based assignment of patients to etiologic stroke categories is essential to enable valid comparison among studies. We designed an algorithm (SSS-TOAST) that incorporated recent advances in stroke imaging and epidemiology to identify the most probable TOAST category in the presence of evidence for mul...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ay H,Furie KL,Singhal A,Smith WS,Sorensen AG,Koroshetz WJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) has been isolated from neural tissues and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with neurological syndromes associated with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the virus may be directly involved in the pathogenesis of the syndromes. To detect HTLV-III ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Gabuzda DH,Ho DD,de la Monte SM,Hirsch MS,Rota TR,Sobel RA

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hemodynamic impairment in one hemisphere has been shown to trigger ipsilateral motor activation in the opposite hemisphere on functional imaging. We hypothesized that reversing the hypoperfusion would normalize the motor activation pattern. METHODS:We studied four patients with high-grade stenosis and impair...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chmayssani M,Lazar RM,Hirsch J,Marshall RS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deposition of fibrillar amyloid beta protein (A beta) is increased in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Concentrations of A beta were measured in cerebrospinal fluid with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 10 neurological patients free from neurodegenerative disease, 28 patients with Parkinson's diseas...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： van Gool WA,Kuiper MA,Walstra GJ,Wolters EC,Bolhuis PA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess risk factors associated with care for stroke symptoms. METHODS:Using data from the population-based national cohort study (REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke) conducted January 25, 2003-February 28, 2007 (N = 23,664), we assessed care-seeking behavior among 3,668 participants w...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Howard VJ,Lackland DT,Lichtman JH,McClure LA,Howard G,Wagner L,Pulley L,Gomez CR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the association of D-penicillamine (DP) therapy with myasthenia gravis, we have studied long-term DP treatment in five inbred strains of mice with doses comparable to those used in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. No clinical weakness or anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody developed with up to 6 ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Bever CT Jr,Dretchen KL,Blake GJ,Chang HW,Penn AS,Asofsky R

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is associated with meningoencephalitis and other neurological syndromes and with CNS lymphomas (CNSLs). Diagnosis is based on serological studies and more recently on detection of EBV DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by polymerase chain react...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Weinberg A,Li S,Palmer M,Tyler KL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier is a natural diffusion barrier, which expresses active carriers extruding drugs on their way to the brain back into the blood against concentration gradients. Whereas these so-called adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters prevent the brain entry of toxic compounds under phys...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Hermann DM,Kilic E,Spudich A,Krämer SD,Wunderli-Allenspach H,Bassetti CL

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that automated assessment of collaterals on computed tomography perfusion can predict the rate of infarct growth during transfer from a primary to a comprehensive stroke center for endovascular stroke treatment. We identified consecutive patients (N = 28) and assessed their collaterals based on the hyp...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Guenego A,Mlynash M,Christensen S,Kemp S,Heit JJ,Lansberg MG,Albers GW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the role of high-resolution T2-weighted fast multiplanar inversion-recovery (FMPIR) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in detecting and delineating microscopic focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). We performed MR scans with FMPIR on 42 patients with suspected neocortical epilepsy. Te...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chan S,Chin SS,Nordli DR,Goodman RR,DeLaPaz RL,Pedley TA

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is a sensitive tool for monitoring progression of multiple sclerosis, but it does not provide information on the severity of the underlying tissue damage. Measurement of T1 hypointensities and magnetization transfer ratio (MTR) can potentially distinguish lesions with mo...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fisher E,Chang A,Fox RJ,Tkach JA,Svarovsky T,Nakamura K,Rudick RA,Trapp BD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify novel autoantibodies for neuropathic pain (NeP). METHODS:We screened autoantibodies that selectively bind to mouse unmyelinated C-fiber type dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons using tissue-based indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFA) with sera from 110 NeP patients with various inflammatory and...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Fujii T,Yamasaki R,Iinuma K,Tsuchimoto D,Hayashi Y,Saitoh BY,Matsushita T,Kido MA,Aishima S,Nakanishi H,Nakabeppu Y,Kira JI

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilaments, assembled from NF-L (68 kd), NF-M (95 kd), and NF-H (115 kd), are the most abundant structural components in large myelinated axons, particularly those of motor neurons. Aberrant neurofilament accumulation in cell bodies and axons of motor neurons is a prominent pathological feature of several motor ne...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Vechio JD,Bruijn LI,Xu Z,Brown RH Jr,Cleveland DW

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gustatory sweating is an autonomic disorder that frequently occurs after parotid gland surgery. We investigated the action of intracutaneous injections of botulinum toxin (BTX) (1.0-2.0 mouse units/2.25-cm2 skin area) in 45 patients (mean age, 52 years) with gustatory sweating. The area of hyperhidrosis was determined...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Naumann M,Zellner M,Toyka KV,Reiners K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, Yamanaka's group pioneered a method for reprogramming somatic cells by introducing definite transcription factors, which enabled the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with pluripotency comparable to that of embryonic stem cells. These iPSCs are attracting considerable attention for their po...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Ito D,Okano H,Suzuki N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with rapidly evolving, severe weakness had an unusual myopathy with virtually complete loss of myosin in 5 to 40% of muscle fibers. Three of the 5 patients began to develop weakness 1 to 2 weeks after lung transplantation. The fourth became weak after a febrile illness. The fifth presented with diabetic ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： al-Lozi MT,Pestronk A,Yee WC,Flaris N,Cooper J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly encephalitogenic guinea pig peptide 68-88 has been used to develop an effective and reproducible model of protection in the Lewis rat. Doses as low as 0.1 nmol of peptide protected 70% of rats when injected intraperitoneally six and four weeks prior to challenge with 0.05 nmol of the peptide in complete Fre...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Chou FC,Chou CH,Fritz RB,Kibler RF

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new cause of spinal cord ischemia illustrated by two cases--compression by the diaphragmatic crus of a lumbar artery giving rise to a spinal artery. The diagnosis has been established by dynamic spinal angiography, showing complete occlusion of the lumbar artery. Surgical section of the diaphragmatic cru...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Rogopoulos A,Benchimol D,Paquis P,Mahagne MH,Bourgeon A

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylaspartate (NAA) contributes to the most prominent signal in proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) of the adult human brain. We report the absence of NAA in the brain of a 3-year-old child with neurodevelopmental retardation and moderately delayed myelination. Since normal concentration of NAA in body...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Martin E,Capone A,Schneider J,Hennig J,Thiel T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary neoplastic proliferation of plasma cells (plasmacytoma) rarely occurs in the central nervous system. The longest follow-Up in nine previously reported patients was 5 years. We have followed two patients with solitary intracranial plasmacytoma for 8 and 13 years, respectively. At the time of biopsy diagnosis, ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Krumholz A,Weiss HD,Jiji VH,Bakal D,Kirsh MB

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nerve conduction slowing is a well-accepted abnormality in rats with acute experimental diabetes, reports of neuropathological changes in diabetic rat nerves have been inconsistent. To examine this further, we studied electrophysiological and morphological features of posterior tibial nerves and their distal ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Brown MJ,Sumner AJ,Greene DA,Diamond SM,Asbury AK

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with Parkinson's disease and in normal subjects, the influence of tremor on repetitive voluntary movement was investigated in the index finger by comparing frequency of isometric force tremor with frequency of voluntary alternating isometric contractions. Tremor frequency, measured over the range from 0 to...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Logigian E,Hefter H,Reiners K,Freund HJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the prion protein gene (PRNP) region in patients with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the PRNP D178N mutation. The results suggest that the D178N chromosomes had independent origins in each affected pedigree or apparently sporadic case. A de novo spontaneous PRNP mutation was observ...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Dagvadorj A,Petersen RB,Lee HS,Cervenakova L,Shatunov A,Budka H,Brown P,Gambetti P,Goldfarb LG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subtype IV of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), characterized by parkinsonism variably combined with ataxia, distal atrophy, and sensory loss, has been all but ignored in recent reports of MJD, including those describing the molecular biologic substrate of the disease. We have demonstrated expansion of the CAG trinucl...

journal_title：Annals of neurology

authors： Tuite PJ,Rogaeva EA,St George-Hyslop PH,Lang AE

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00